Summary:
Northampton, MA is home to 6 public schools — 4 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high school — serving 2,496 students across a district ranked 139 of 351 statewide (60th percentile, 3 stars).
The district has a clear standout in Northampton High, a 5-star school ranked 32 of 353 (91st percentile) that has climbed from the 76th percentile two years ago. Its 10th-grade scores far exceed state averages — 68.6 in ELA, 75 in Math, and 77.61 in Science — with a 93.9% graduation rate and a 1.7% dropout rate. At the elementary level, Jackson Street is the strongest, earning 4 stars and a 71st-percentile rank, with 4th-grade math at 67.44 and science at 64.15, both well above district and state. Leeds (64th percentile) has the smallest classes in the district at a 9.1 student/teacher ratio and strong science (64.1), while R. K. Finn Ryan Road posted the biggest one-year jump, with math rising from 28.57 to 43.86 and its rank moving from the 40th to the 61st percentile.
By contrast, Bridge Street is the clear outlier on the low side: 1 star, 26th percentile, with ELA at 30.51, math at 25.83, and science at 25 — all far below district and state, and 5th-grade scores are especially low. John F Kennedy Middle School is trending upward (58th to 68th percentile), with ELA and science above district and state, though math (38.1) lags slightly below both, particularly in 8th grade. Notably, Bridge Street has the highest listed per-student spending ($20,273 in 2020–21) yet the lowest outcomes, while Northampton High has the lowest listed spending ($15,618) and the strongest results. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for every school, so socioeconomic context is not available, and spending figures are from 2020–21 and should not be read as current or causal.
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